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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Introductory Prepositions and Series of Three

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
After giving students the writing topic "A Special Day that I Remember, give students ten to fifteen minutes to write on the topic. Then tell them they will be revising their "Special Day" prompt writing, but first they will listen to...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Analyzing First Words and Sentence Length

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
After young scholars are given time to think about the topic -"Alone Time with an Adult I Care about," they are given ten to fifteen minutes to write between five and ten sentences on the topic. They ten are told they will revise their...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Differentiated Narrative Lesson: Two Safe Frame Choices

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson is based on two narrative picture books that can be compared and contrasted: When I was Five by Arthur Howard and Jamie Lee Curtis' When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of her Youth. Students will need to think about...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Writing Activity: Harris Burdick Stories

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
After reading The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, by Chris Van Allsburg, learners create their own stories about the pictures. By navigating the Internet, students learn more about the writing process to help them create their stories.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Suggestions for Memoirs: A Letter & Memoir About a Teacher

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
After reading the book, Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Palacco, which is about a teacher helping a student overcome a long struggle to learn to read, young scholars write a personal thank you letter to a teacher who helped them. Then...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Narrative Pyramid

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A printable narrative pyramid where students can record information about a story including the character, setting, problem, main events, and solution. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well as lists of teaching...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: That's the Story!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
This is a fun lesson where the students use thinksheets and digital cameras. The students take an "interesting" picture using the digital camera. After they have printed them they are given at random another student's picture. They write...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Word Game for Kids: The Memory Game for Kids

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Young writers brainstorm three sensory details about a personal memory before writing about it. If they need help with a memory, they can click the magic button to help spark their memory. Their writing should include sensory details.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Better Living Through Science

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson involves research on scientists whose accomplishments have impacted areas of nutrition, sanitation, or health care. Young scholars will research an area of their choice, record information on a graphic organizer, and use the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Sandwich Story Starters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
These simple activities actively reinforce the importance of writing a story that is complete: one that has a good, solid beginning; a middle of substance, detail, and high interest; and a satisfying ending.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Metamorphosis Stories of Change

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
The goal of this activity is for students to learn how to tell a story in order to make a complex topic (such as global warming or ozone holes) easier for a reader to grasp. Students realize that the narrative impulse underlies even...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What in the World Is Wrong With Sammy?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
This instructional activity provides students with the technology-based project researching Guinea Pigs. The trade book, Sammy, the Classroom Guinea Pig, will be used to make predictions.The students will use the facts from their...

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